Rig Veda 10.85.13: Mandala 10, Sukta 85, Mantra 13

Sukta 10.85

Rishi: Sūryā Sāvitri (traditional)

Devata: Savitṛ and Sūryā (procession under Savitṛ’s impulsion)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

सूर्याया वहतुः प्रागात्सविता यमवासृजत् । अघासु हन्यन्ते गावोऽर्जुन्योः पर्युह्यते ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 10.85.13

Transliteration

sūryā́yā vahatúḥ prā́gāt savitā́ yám avā́sṛjat | aghā́su hanyante gā́vo 'rjúnyoḥ pár yuhyate ||

Translation

スーリヤー（Sūryā）の婚礼の行列は進み出る——サヴィトリ（Savitṛ）はそれを下方へ、顕現へと解き放った。敵対する闇の中で、光の牝牛（光線）は打たれる。されど明るき力は周りから護られて運ばれ、くぐり抜けて担われる——正しく進む力に守られて。

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Word by Word

• सूर्यायाः: of Sūryā (the bride)
• सूर्यायाः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्या (प्रातिपदिक) < सूर्य

• वहतुः: the bridal procession / wedding-car
• वहतुः: कर्तृ (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वहतु (प्रातिपदिक) < √वह् (to carry/lead)

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र

• अगात्: went
• अगात्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (to go)

• सविता: Savitṛ (the impeller, Sun-god)
• सविता: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• यम्: whom
• यम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अव: down, away
• अव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अव

• असृजत्: released, let go
• असृजत्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सृज् (to release, let go)

• अघासु: in/among evils, in misfortunes
• अघासु: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: अघ (प्रातिपदिक)

• हन्यन्ते: are struck/are slain
• हन्यन्ते: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हन् (to strike, slay)

• गावः: cows
• गावः: कर्तृ (surface subject; patient in passive sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)

• अर्जुन्योः: of Arjunya (the storm-cloud/Arjunya)
• अर्जुन्योः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन्य (प्रातिपदिक; name/epithet, often of a storm-cloud/Arjunya)

• परि: around
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि

• ऊह्यते: is carried/led (is borne along)
• ऊह्यते: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वह् / √ऊह् (Vedic usage: ‘to carry/lead/drive’; here passive)